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- ↑ "Gytrash Wins SA Horse Of The Year". racing.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ "Premier star Gytrash wins Black Caviar Lightning". inglis.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ 1st Flemington Win
- ↑ "Thumping win for Lope de Vega's Gytrash in Creswick Stakes". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ Creswick Stakes
- ↑ The Heath 1100
- ↑ Williams tips SA sprinter to be spring star
- ↑ Gytrash Injury
- ↑ Gytrash’s Everest ambitions up in the air
- ↑ "Gytrash wins the Group 1 Lightning Stakes". horsebetting.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ "The 2020 World Thoroughbred Rankings". Horseracingintfed.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.